With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.
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When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.
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Gao Xingjian (6)
Birth: | 4th January, 1940 |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Profession: | Novelist |
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Gao Xingjian is a Chinese emigre novelist, playwright, and critic who in 2000 was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature “for an oeuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity.” He is also a noted translator, screenwriter, stage director, and a celebrated painter. In 1998, Gao was granted French citizenship.
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